Chromeleon 7 uses Microsoft SQL Server as the database engine for working with standard (local) data vaults. Refer to the document Supported Operating Systems in the Documents folder of the installation medium for information about the supported Microsoft SQL Server versions.

If no SQL Server edition is present on the computer, Microsoft SQL Server is installed automatically during the Chromeleon setup, including the necessary server and client components (including SQL Client Connectivity SDK). This takes place before the actual Chromeleon installation starts.

If an SQL Server version is already present, the existing SQL Server version will be used.

The installation events are logged in the following location (64-bit computer): C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Setup Bootstrap\Log.

To understand the details in the log files, refer to the Microsoft article "How to: View and Read SQL Server Setup Log Files" at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/install-windows/view-and-read-sql-server-setup-log-files?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=sql-server-ver15.

TIP

With Chromeleon 7 you can only create standard data vaults locally on the hard drive of the PC that runs Chromeleon 7. Standard data vaults can be shared over the domain, but the connectivity, performance, and capacity are limited by SQL Server Express.

  • Installation of 32-bit SQL Server 2017 is not supported.
  • Running SQL Server on a virtual machine will be slower than running natively because of the overhead of virtualization.
  • The SQL Server 2017 installation does not include any Cumulative Updates (CUs). Install the latest CUs provided by Microsoft.
  • Installation of SQL Server is supported on x64 processors only. It is no longer supported on x86 processors. For more information, refer to the Microsoft documentation.

TIP

To create multi-user data vaults, you need multi-user optimized databases, specifically Oracle™ and the multi-user (non-Express) edition of MS SQL Server. Contact Thermo Fisher Scientific for details.